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Chang-Yu Chang 張昌祐
My research interest lies in the intersection of systems biology, microbial evolotion and community ecology. I am interested in combining theory and experiment to study how microbial communities assemble and evolve.
Education
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2022 - 2017
Thesis: Engineering the emergent properties of microbial communities
Advisor: Dr. Alvaro Sanchez
M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2017 - 2015
Thesis: Near-infrared modulates burying behavior in burying beetles
Advisor: Dr. Sheng-Feng Shen
B.S., Life Science
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2015 - 2011
Math and computational courses oriented
Presidential and Dean’s Award (ranking top 5% in the class) GPA: 4.1/4.3
Honors and Awards
Data Driven Discovery Postdoctoral Fellow ($27500)
University of Pennsylvania
N/A
2024 - 2022
Government Fellowship for Oversea Study ($126000)
Taiwan Ministry of Education
N/A
2020 - 2017
Publications
* these authors contributed equally
Emergent species coexistence of microbial communities
In preparation
N/A
2022
Chang-Yu Chang, Djordje Bajic, Sylvie Estrela, Jean Vila, Alvaro Sanchez
Top-down and bottom-up cohesiveness in microbial community coalescence
PNAS (https://www.pnas.org/content/119/6/e2111261119)
N/A
2022
Juan Diaz-Colunga*, Nanxi Lu*, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga*, Chang-Yu Chang, Helen Cai, Joshua Goldford, Mikhail Tikhonov, Alvaro Sanchez
Functional attractors in microbial community assembly
Cell Systems (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2021.09.011)
N/A
2021
Sylvie Estrela, Jean C C Vila, Nanxi Lu, Djordje Bajic, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Chang-Yu Chang, Joshua E. Goldford, Alicia Sanchez-Gorostiaga, Alvaro Sanchez
Engineering complex communities by directed evolution
Nature Ecology & Evolution (https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01457-5)
N/A
2021
Chang-Yu Chang*, Jean C C Vila*, Madeline Bender, Richard Li, Madeleine C Mankowski, Molly Bassette, Julia Borden, Stefan Golfier, Paul Gerald L Sanchez, Rachel Waymack, Xinwen Zhu, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez, Alvaro Sanchez
Directed Evolution of Microbial Communities
Annual Review of Biophysics (https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-biophys-101220-072829)
N/A
2021
Alvaro Sanchez, Jean C C Vila, Chang-Yu Chang, Juan Diaz-Colunga, Sylvie Estrela, Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Artificially selecting bacterial communities using propagule strategies
Evolution (https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14092)
N/A
2020
Chang-Yu Chang*, Melisa L Osborne*, Djordje Bajic, Alvaro Sanchez.
Ecological effects of cellular computing in microbial populations
Natural Computing (https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-018-9708-8)
N/A
2018
Maia Baskerville*, Arielle Biro*, Mike Blazanin*, Chang-Yu Chang*, Amelia Hallworth*, Nicole Sonnert*, Jean C C Vila*, Alvaro Sanchez
Teaching Fellow Experience
BIOL104: Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2020
Lecture TF
E&EB729: Microbial Ecology and Evolution
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
Course facilitator
PBoC2019: Physical Biology of the Cell course
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA
2019
Course facilitator
EEB250/550: Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
Lecture TF
EEB251L/551L: Laboratory for Biology Of Terrestrial Arthropods
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments
EEB223L/523L: Laboratory for Evolution & Functional Traits
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
TF, organized field trips, and conducted demo experiments
LS3022: Biostatistics
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2016
TF and lectured basic R
LS1019: General Botany Lab
National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2015
TF and lectured lab experiments
Selected Presentations
Lab seminar. Invited talk
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
2021 Nov
Lab seminar. Invited talk
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
2021 Nov
Workshop on Limits to Diversity Assembly, ICTP. Invited talk
Trieste, Italy
Virtual
2021 Jan
Microbial Sciences Institute SMAL talks. Invited talk
Yale University
Virtual
2020 Oct
The Graduate Research in Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution Annual Symposium (GREBE). Contributed talk
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
2019 May
Yale EEB graduate student symposium. Best contributed poster
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019 May
Microbial Sciences Institute Retreat. Contributed poster
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019 Aug
17th International Symposium on Microbial Ecology (ISME). Contributed poster
N/A
Leipzig, Germany
2018 Aug
18th Congress of Animal Behavior and Ecology. Winner Prize for research and oral presentation
National Sun Yat-sen University
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2017 Jan
Graduate student symposium. Best contributed poster
College of Life Science, National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
2016 June
15th Congress of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. Contributed talk
Unversity of Exeter
Exeter, UK
2016 Aug
Services
President, Yale Taiwansese Student Association
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2020 - 2018
Organized recreational and holiday events for Taiwanese students
Facilitated connections among Taiwanese students across universities
Organizer, Yale EEB Hutchinson speaker
Yale University
New Haven, CT
2019
Dr. Dolph Schluter (UBC) invited as the 2019 Hutchinson Speaker
Organized and modulated invited speaker talks, sessions, and meetings
References
Dr. Maria Rebolleda-Gomez
Dissertation committee
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Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Sheng-Feng Shen
M.S. advisor
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Research Fellow (Professor), Academia Sinica in Taiwan